CDC Olive Emerger
Emerger

CDC Olive Emerger

Trout · GraylingFilm

CDC wing gives lifelike translucency. For fussy fish taking just under the top when a high-floating dry is refused.

Naturals it imitates
Andesiops (Patagonian Olive)Andesiops peruvianusAdultPale WateryBaetis fuscatusAdultLarge Dark OliveBaetis rhodaniAdultSmall Dark OliveBaetis scambusAdultMedium OliveBaetis vernusAdultSmall SpurwingCentroptilum luteolumAdultPond OliveCloeon dipterumAdultLake OliveCloeon simileAdultEpeorus latifolium (Riffle Mayfly)Epeorus latifoliumAdultEphemera japonica (Upstream Keiryu Mayfly)Ephemera japonicaAdultEphemera orientalis (Lowland Mayfly)Ephemera orientalisAdultEphemera strigata (Mid-Reach Keiryu Mayfly)Ephemera strigataAdultIsonychia japonicaIsonychia japonicaAdultPale EveningProcloeon bifidumAdultLarge SpurwingProcloeon pennulatumAdultOlive UprightRhithrogena semicolorataAdult
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Film
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: low
How it's usually fished
  • Fine film driftFilm
    Dress the CDC only, fine tippet, delicate presentation to sighted fish.
    floating line6x tippetgel dressing on CDC
Hook range#16–20
Size by condition
default range16–18
low water18–20
Buy or tie?
Tie it · video
Fly Tying a CDC Emerger with Barry Ord Clarke
The feather bender · canonical
Alternative flies
Klinkhåmer Special
Klinkhåmer Special
Emerger
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Mayfly nymph
Included in packs
Emerger starterEmergers & spinnersCDC & technical emergerCDC emerger & film
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